West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan believes Harley Reid could possibly be the Eagles’ subsequent million-dollar man because the membership pursues a contract extension for the teenager sensation.
The embargo on the Eagles with the ability to pursue rookie extensions lifted after their drought-breaking spherical six derby triumph towards bitter rivals Fremantle, and chief govt Don Pyke made it clear followers weren’t the one ones hotly searching Reid’s signature.
By six rounds, the 19-year-old has merely been unimaginable, averaging 18 disposals a recreation, three tackles, 5 clearances – which is taken into account above common by AFL.com – and has kicked seven targets, together with three towards the Dockers’ No.1 rated defence.
Add to that spotlight bursts from stoppage, electrifying runs down the wing, and high-flying marks, many jap states specialists are already speculating Reid could possibly be supplied 10-year offers value $12-15 million in an try and lure him again to his dwelling state.
Talking to TripleM radio on Monday, Duggan all however confirmed he thought Reid could be one of many AFL’s million-dollar stars.
“Going off what he’s produced within the first six video games….. doubtlessly, sooner or later,” he mentioned.
“He’s a particular participant, you possibly can inform. You would inform in the course of the pre-season that there was one thing else about him.
“The moments everybody’s getting overrated about – breaking out of the stoppages or taking the excessive marks, which is one thing that he’s added to the facet.”
Whereas Duggan was complimentary of Reid, he was fast to focus on the momentum the entire membership’s younger expertise had dropped at the membership to start out 2024, climaxing with back-to-back wins towards Richmond and Fremantle, the primary time they’ve finished so since 2021.
And the co-captain says his facet will look to capitalise on momentum as they put together for Gold Coast on Sunday.
“We simply can’t take our foot off the throttle now; we’ll follow our course of. We haven’t actually modified an excessive amount of; it’s beginning to click on a bit extra for us, which is good,” he informed The West Australian.
“I look across the floor, and there’s much more belief. It’s nice for a few of our younger boys who haven’t skilled a whole lot of success but to be rewarded.
“It’s pleasing to beat Freo however much more pleasing that we’re enjoying a model of footy that we’ve been after for a very long time now. What in all probability means essentially the most to us is a couple of good weeks of actually strong footy. It’s our model and identification that we’re actually beginning to see now.
“We have now a giant highway journey this week and haven’t had a whole lot of success enjoying on the Gold Coast, so it’s a giant problem for us.”
